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A well-known male panda living in Taipei, Taiwan, has failed to complete his most important job of the year because he was distracted by an apple.
臺(tái)北的一只著名的公熊貓因一只蘋(píng)果而分心，讓搞砸了它一年中最重要的熊生大事。
When Tuantuan's long-term mating partner, Yuanyuan, was in heat last week - a precious window lasting about 72 hours every year - and Taipei Zoo went to great lengths to entice them to mate naturally.
上周，團(tuán)團(tuán)的固定伴侶，圓圓，正處在一年一度的發(fā)情期，發(fā)情期持續(xù)時(shí)間僅為三天，彌足珍貴。而臺(tái)北動(dòng)物園竭盡全力去引導(dǎo)它們自然交配。
But the food they used to guide Tuantuan into position ruined the plan, as the 10-year-old male ditched his girlfriend and leapt towards the apple, according to People's Daily Online.
但是他們用來(lái)引領(lǐng)團(tuán)團(tuán)準(zhǔn)備就緒的食物卻讓計(jì)劃功虧一簣，那只10歲的公熊貓把女朋友甩一旁，跳著去追那只蘋(píng)果。據(jù)人民日?qǐng)?bào)報(bào)道。
Despite the fact that Yuanyuan repeatedly lifted up her tail, a sign to show she was in heat, Tuantuan hanged direction and went for the apple dangled in front of him.
盡管圓圓屢屢抬起尾巴，傳遞它已經(jīng)情欲高漲的信號(hào)，但團(tuán)團(tuán)還是轉(zhuǎn)向追那只吊在它前面的蘋(píng)果。
Female pandas are generally only in heat once a year for one to three days.
母熊貓一般每年只發(fā)情一次，為期三天。
In order not to miss Yuanyuan's heat period, Taipei Zoo decided to obtain sperm from Tuantuan through an operation. Yuanyuan was artificially inseminated twice the same night.
為了不錯(cuò)過(guò)圓圓的發(fā)情期，臺(tái)北動(dòng)物園決定通過(guò)手術(shù)獲取團(tuán)團(tuán)的精子，當(dāng)晚給圓圓進(jìn)行了兩次人工授精。
A spokesman from the zoo said they will discover whether the inseminations were successful in about three months.
動(dòng)物園的發(fā)言人表示他們會(huì)在三個(gè)月后知道受精是否成功。
The two pandas were given as a gift to Taiwan from mainland China in 2008. Their combined name 'tuan yuan' means 'reunion' in Chinese.
2008年，這兩只熊貓作為禮物由中國(guó)大陸贈(zèng)與臺(tái)灣。它們的名字合起來(lái)“tuanyuan”在中文中寓意“團(tuán)圓”。
The two became parents for the first time when a baby girl cub called Yuanzai was born in summer 2013.
2013年夏天，一只名為"圓仔"的雌性熊貓寶寶的誕生，讓這對(duì)熊貓初嘗熊父熊母的滋味。
The pair have become local celebrities. The zoo allows up to 19,200 visitors to the pandas section every day and all visitors are asked to enter a lottery in order to get in.
這對(duì)熊貓夫婦已經(jīng)成為當(dāng)?shù)氐娜藲饷餍恰Ｅ_(tái)北動(dòng)物園每天接待19200游客游覽熊貓園，游客們被要求以抽號(hào)的方式進(jìn)園參觀。
